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Abode

  • July 2, 2008
  • Rated 4 of 5 by MichaelJM from Nottingham, England
Abode

II wanted to check out the look of the Abode Hotel before I booked it on late rooms. I knew it was much nearer to the centre of town (in fact it’s only a step away from Picadilly Station) and on a balmy night I sauntered intro town to suss out this designer hotel. I knew it was yet another hotel that’s made use of an old cotton mill and it looked to be a great old building. Checking it out meant that I’d pop in to reception and get a feel for the place as well as, if I liked the ambiance, asking if they had availability for the following week.

It felt different to anywhere I’d stayed in whilst visiting Manchester and so I made enquiries of the receptionist who checked on availability. Yes there were rooms but at just short of £100 there was no way that I was going to book. I mentioned that I’d look at booking on "Late rooms" as I could get a better rate. The receptionist paused and then said she’d check if she could improve the rate. Within a few moments she’s reduced the room by £20 a night. Over both nights this was a better deal than "Late Rooms" so I confirmed that I wanted to proceed. However, I didn’t have my wallet with me to secure the booking, but the receptionist, helpful as ever, agreed to confirm the booking without this requirement and I was duly booked in. Let’s just hope that the room is waiting for me next week when I turn up!

There was no problem whatsoever when I checked in at 6 o’clock and I was cheerfully and efficiently booked into this chic boutique hotel. Although it’s very close to station I was surprised how quiet the bedroom was. This room was well kitted out with stylish modern furniture, sleek lighting and although it’s was what the hotel group call a comfortable room (there are 4 levels of room – 61 rooms in total - starting with comfortable and moving up to desirable then enviable and finally fabulous).

The stunning parquet flooring was covered with a central stylish rug and a single modern leather armchair gave a comfortable sitting area next to a small window. There was a great choice of teas (earl grey, "normal" wild berry, peppermint, chamomile) alongside hot chocolate and coffee and a modern flat screen TV and DVD player. A nice touch was the addition of a music CD for some easy listening and an electronic safe – real handy as I was here for a couple of night. The bathroom had one of those monsoon showers with some "luxury toiletries" including grapefruit soap.

This converted cotton mill has been well and tastefully modernised but it retains the period characteristics of this Victorian building. There are the original steel beam, ironwork columns, tiled stairwell and of course those polished parquet floors.

I was real comfortable in this roomy bedroom and after a bit of a problem linking up to the free wi-fi I was provided with a broadband connection. Soon I was able to hook up to the internet and working at the small but accessible table on catching up with my emails from earlier on in the day. Of course it also meant that I could record my ABode experiences on IGOUGO.

ABode is part of the Epoque hotel group but there are only ten other cities in the U.K served by the group, with the others being spread across the world. Indeed Manchester, a four star hotel, is the latestest addition of the UK chain, joining Nottingham, Brighton, Edinburgh, Canterbury, Exeter, Glasgow, Inverness, Liverpool and London.

I though breakfast was a bit pricy at £13.50 but the hotel is so close to the town centre that I just fancied the experience of eating out. I did enjoy the experience of the Abode hotel and at the reduced rate of £79 for the room I reckon it’s competitive with its neighbours.

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